Jeremiah 48:20

Jeremiah 48:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
• New International Version (NIV)Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered. Wail and cry out! Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moab is put to shame, for it is broken; wail and cry! Tell it beside the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moab is shamed, for he is broken down. Wail and cry! Tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.

Context of Jeremiah 48:20

18O daughter dwelling in Dibon come down from your glory and sit in thirst! For Moab’s destroyer has come to you. He has devastated your strongholds. 19O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the road and watch— ask him fleeing and her escaping, ‘What has happened?’ Moab is disgraced, indeed shattered. Wail and shriek! Declare by the Arnon, Moab is ruined! 21Judgment has come on the tableland —on Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath, 22on Dibon, Nebo, Beth-diblathaim,

Jeremiah 48:20 word by word

הֹבִ֥ישׁ מוֹאָ֛ב כִּֽי־חַ֖תָּה הֵילִ֣ילוּ וּֽזְעָ֑קוּ הַגִּ֣ידוּ בְאַרְנ֔וֹן כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד מוֹאָֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• is confoundedיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• for it is broken downחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• howlיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• and cryזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
• tellנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• ye it in Arnonאַרְנוֹן'arnôn 'arnôn · ArnonH769
• is spoiledשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:20

• Jeremiah 48:1Concerning Moab, thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “Oy to Nebo! For it will be ravaged. Kiriathaim will be disgraced and captured. The fortress will be shamed, shattered.
• Isaiah 15:1The burden of Moab. For in the night that Ar is devastated, Moab is ruined; for in the night that Kir is devastated, Moab is ruined.
• Isaiah 16:7Therefore Moab will wail for Moab— everyone will wail! For the sweet cakes of Kir-hareseth you will moan, utterly stricken.
• Numbers 21:13They set out from there and camped along the Arnon, which is in the wilderness extending into Amorite territory. The Arnon is also the border between Moab and the Amorites.
• Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon and the city by the wadi, all the way up to the Gilead, there was not a town too high for us. Adonai our God gave everything over to us.
• Joshua 13:9from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the flatland from Medeba to Dibon;
• Judges 11:18traveled through the wilderness, around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, came to the east side of the land of Moab and they camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
• Isaiah 16:2For like fluttering birds, scattered from a nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Tell ye it in Arnon - Apprize the inhabitants there that the territories of Moab are invaded, and the country about to be destroyed, that they may provide for their own safety.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Or, “Moab is ashamed, because she (Dibon) is broken” by her fortifications being battered down.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-47Verses 14-47 . The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and mediating on the terror, it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of God and of his wrath, than to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20When people heard that Moab was in ruins, panic quickly spread in the Arnon Valley.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. Answer of the fleeing Moabites to the Ammonite inquirers (Jr 48:19; Is 16:2). He enumerates the Moabite cities at length, as it seemed so incredible that all should be so utterly ruined. Many of them were assigned to the Levites, while Israel stood. in Arnon--the north boundary between Moab and Ammon (Jr 48:19; Nu 21:13).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Confidence
• Espy
• Fear
• Horn
• Plant
• Broken
• Confound

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings